

The open platform that Android boasts allows users to download additional applications as they are created for the software, similar to the iPhone App Store. The G1 phone is manufactured by HTC, based on its “Dream” model. In theory, any other Android-powered device could also either ship with or add the Amazon music application post-purchase, but whether the operator adding such a phone to its network allows users to do so remains to be seen. operator previously without a full-song over-the-air music download service. The Amazon store will be preloaded into the G1 device, and has the full blessing of T-Mobile – the only major U.S. No mention yet of whether the phone-purchased songs will be smaller or more compressed files than those purchased via the computer.

To buy and download a song, however, the phone must be in a Wi-Fi hotspot, similar to the iPhone’s access to iTunes.Īll the music purchased will be DRM-free, just like the rest of the Amazon catalog. In a nutshell, the mobile version of the Amazon MP3 store allows G1 users to browse and search the Amazon digital music store and listen to 30-second song samples via the T-Mobile network. The Amazon MP3 store is one of many applications designed for the new software, and T-Mobile is supporting the service. The first phone compatible with the Android operating system was announced today, the G1, offered by wireless operator T-Mobile.

is expanding its digital music presence to the mobile realm by developing a version of its MP3 music store for Google’s new Android mobile phone platform.
